Advanced Memory Study

Current space processing systems are hamstrung due to lack of rad-hard memory components and systems suitable for: 1) the high performance computing required in next generation systems; 2) the data collection capacity of instruments such as RADARs, LIDARS, and Hyperspectral Imagers; 3) data-intensive needs of crewed systems such as Orion and Habitats, and 4) similar USAF defense satellite needs. Current penalties due to this shortfall include excessive power, mass, complexity and unreliability of many of our space-based systems.

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

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